The technology that powers us

794 miles from West Palm Beach - wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the technology that we're using on the trip.

Blogging: Basic platform is Google's blogger.com. Since I own a server which hosts several blogs, it may seem like common sense to just create a simple Wordpress account and use that. The choice to use blogger was because of the simplicity/speed of the setup as well as the moblogging features available.

Moblogging: Mobile blogging requires both a platform that accepts posts from mobile devices, as well as mobile devices capable of transmitting the content.

For blog entries, like this one, i am using email on my blackberry 8700 and the email-to-blogger interface. For the blog entries that have images, i am using Sella's Blackberry Pearl and the mms-to-blogger interface to post them. I have been VERY happy with the keyboard on the pearl, it is easy to use and i could easily get used to it.

The best part about this platform is that it is totally free (discounting th $20/month internet package on my phone and stellas $5/400 mms package).

Cameras: We already talked about the camera on the Blackberry Pearl, which we are using for moblogging. In addition to that we have our Olympus 790sw which is waterproof (10ft) and shockproof, the perfect amusement park companion. The Olympus also takes fairly good video clips. Our primary camera is the Canon Digital Rebel XT, I wanted to get a couple lenses for this trip but didn't get around to it. Our video camera is a Canon MiniDV camera, honestly I have NO patience for video editing. As i think is fairly obvious I am all about instant publishing, so I doubt that I will be taking a lot of video on this trip. If I do it will be on youtube.
Navigation: This trip would have been exhausting with the TomTom (thanks, for lending it Evan, like always it is a lifesaver). Even though it totally threw us off in Atlanta (to be fair we were reading it incorrectly as well) it makes a huge difference :)

Ok enough blogging, going to enjoy the scenery.
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